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1 Kings 18
¹ Now it happened after many days that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the face of the earth."
² So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.
³ Ahab called Obadiah who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly;
⁴ for when Jezebel destroyed the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.)
⁵ Then Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys; perhaps we will find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not have to kill some of the cattle."
⁶ So they divided the land between them to survey it; Ahab went one way by himself and Obadiah went another way by himself.
⁷ Now as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him, and he recognized him and fell on his face and said, "Is this you, Elijah my master?"
⁸ He said to him, "It is I. Go, say to your master, ’Behold, Elijah is here.’"
⁹ He said, "What sin have I committed, that you are giving your servant into the hand of Ahab to put me to death?
¹⁰ As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent to search for you; and when they said, ’He is not here,’ he made the kingdom or nation swear that they could not find you.
¹¹ And now you are saying, ’Go, say to your master, "Behold, Elijah is here."’